//=============================================================================
// ProMesh.NET - .NET Web Application Framework 
//
// Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Philippe Leybaert
//
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//=============================================================================

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;

namespace Activa.ProMesh
{
    [Layout(null)]
    public abstract class ViewComponent : Controller
    {
        public View RootView
        {
            get
            {
                return WebAppContext.RootView;
            }
        }

        public static string RenderComponent(View view, string name, params object[] parameters)
        {
            TemplateParserContext newContext = new TemplateParserContext(view.ViewContext, view.ViewTemplate);

            for (int i = 0; i < parameters.Length ; i+=2)
                newContext.SetLocal((string) parameters[i], parameters[i+1], parameters[i+1] == null ? typeof(object) : parameters[i+1].GetType());

            return WebAppHelper.RunViewComponent(WebAppHelper.GetViewComponent(name), newContext);
        }

        
    }
}
